Glare shield



Patented 12; 1924.. l

UNITED STA Gnomz I; unimo; or

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To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that LGmnon E. lSfANNNo, a. citizen of the United States.residing i-.n the city and county of Philadelphia und State ofPennsylvanie. have invented n new and useful Glare Shield. of whichthefollowing;r is a specification.

. M v invention reletesto' a novel glre' novel shield is supported.which'cups are applied directly to the .wind-.shield othe vehicle underconsideration..

My invention, further consists of a novel construction of thev shieldAby whicl'i the driver of the vehicle. may through its use be enabledwithout injury to his eyes readily towatch the progress fof anapproaching vehiclel My invention further'consists` of novel means forattaching anfd supporting the glare shieldfwith respect to the Windshield of an automobile, whereby any rattling or vibration of the shieldor its adjuncts is preventedfw Myinvention is cspableof .quickinstal-ltion and being oflsimple' construction can be manufactured inlarge. quantities at,v small enema.

madly expressed, my invention contemplates va. vsimple and effect-ivedevice of a character adapted to protect, the e'es of 'a driver of amoving vehicle from t ie glare hicle. For the purpose of illustrating my-in'vention, I have shown in the accompanying drawings forms thereofwhichl are at Apresent: preferred by me, practice.l satisfactory andreliable results, although 4it is to Vbe understood that theraof thehead lights of an approaching ve-- vrions instrumentalities of 'whichlmy invenf tion consists can be variously arranged and' organized andthat my invention is not 'linited to thepreels. arrangement kand organi`since they will give in.

muon of there nstmmeneimiies s herein shown and described'.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents 1 pla-n view of a glare shield,embodying myv o invention.' 'in the position which the parts.

assume when thel Wind shield is open and the glare shield in service,showing also :i portion of a wind shield.

Figure 2 represents a `side elevation .of

the glare shield and its ndjimcts seen in Figure 1. in its operativeposition, when the 'wind shled isfclosed and m vertical position..

Fig-ure 3 represents as'ection lthroinqh one. I of the suction cups onthe line -3--3 ofFig- 7 ure 1. Figure 4 represents a. section on theline 4-'4 of Figure 1, and Figure 5 rey resents on o. reduced scale:if-plan View of t e glare' shield in detached position. 75

Similar ,numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.-

Referring tothe drawings- In the dra-wings, .1 designates a fragmen-'eutom'obile or similar vehicle. 2 and 3 remy portion @fa typical sindSh-iudj of an -spectively designate -a pair of counterpart.

suction cups 'o rubber. or material, through the medium' of which intheir suct-ional application to the windshield niy 8 glare shield 4 ismounte 'Each of the suction cups 2 and 3 is formed with a rearwardlyextending boss,. 5 and '6 respectively, eachof which 1s perforated inhorizontal `alignment hy bolt holes 7. and 8 respectively through which-holes passif a' carrying bolt 9 extending transversely between andthrough the bosses ofthe suction cups and in parallelism with and tot-h-ere'ar of the wind shield 1.. This carry-iii;` bolt. 9y is at one'end headed as at 10, and the .other end threaded as at y 11 to receive awind nut 12 by iii-cans of which the glare shield 4 is .supported in thevari-ous" positions it may assume fm? Y' 13 desiglates washers betweenthefinside 'A of each boss and the outer ends of l y 1-shaped clipll,which clip is clamped,v` upon the-upperhorinontalportion 15' of theglare shield 4, andA is forme-d with a bent 'head 16 to encompassthecarrying belt, es best illustrated in Figure 4. l

The opposite-and similar s iides' of the 'clip I l 14 are securedto theu Per tongue or ed 1 5 or the upper part othe glare shield. il! w rivetsor other sui-table asbeningdes 17; "2me di? alla. 'b lf? Mld nut are31:16pm#- wenn; s.:

l erablj' formed of metal, while :the sue-tion .cups arel as stated,formed of-ruhber or 'an equivalent material, and the' glare shield t4 isformed of glesscelhiloid, paper orother equivalent tinted translucentmaterial, preferably of green. amber or 'other lighbdeaflening color.The lower edge of thev ygliire shield is inclined as at 18, so as tovgive u.

triangular contourv thereto,'the greatest' de th of' the shield being-atthe left.-

n the operation of my `devi'ee, assumv ing it to' be in use as at night,the'parts appear as seen in Figure 2, the shield standing in a verticalplane or Alievin its lower end vcontacting' with the wind shield 1, andthe wing nut; 12 bei-ng. tightened to the de- -sired extent andaffording an efficient means for shielding the eyes of the driver.

vIn the day time, when th`e-shield is not inl use, it is onlyvnecessaryto turn it into the upper reverseA positionv from that. seenV in Figure2,.so that it will be out 0f tho normal line of vision of the driver.A

' 1 and 5,--the I prefer the glare shield to be triangular in generaloutline,"as, illustrated in Figures purpose being to enable the .driverto exercise his vision at will througha smaller 'or a. largerli'litfsubduino' arca,

but it is evident that' ot er slight c anges.

may be made in the contour thereof without departing from the spirit ofmy inven.

j tion;

.lt will appuient that vmy invention not only functions effectively, asy:in nuto glare' shield, but addition gives the driver great protectionwhen drivingagainst the sun.

The triangular shape is employed because' it will'interept the glare ofthe headlights of an approaching car from t-lic time it is ,first seen,far down the rond, until it passes and still give the driver a clearview of theroad without seeing through the-glare shield. A

suare vshield or a round shield will lnot do t The arrangement forfastening the shieldv to the rubber cups is einployed to enable the .user -to reverse the position of the shield J fromnight use to day use andparticularly or from the desired position. This adjust-l Avertically andby tightening thevrin 'to sim4 the adjustmentso :is to haveAFrotecti'oi'i against the sun or blinding head-` glits irrespective ofwhether the 'vrindV shield is open or closed. lVth the 'win'.ishieldnopen, the glare shield 'can be .adjusted so that the same hangsdow-n, substantielleY 12', the vrind 'cannot vblow the' shield backmer'itis madewithout removing the vae'uuin' cups 'Ircmthe wind sheldf'This I wardly projecting perforatedy perforated mit - ism-,w

ment also, applies to the opening ofthe vrind shield one quarter orone-haltes well as wide open und it will be upprent that my novel-glare'shield is adjustable with-respect tothe windshield, no :netter at hatangle the vrind shield'mey stand. l A

This feature of the adjusting mit' on the bolt, so :is 'to' lock theglare--sh-elde, lin its various" adjusted positions, with resv et to'the open or closedv position of the win shield now he apparent that Ihave de- *y parting from the spirit or scope fof theinventi'on `orsacrificing any ofits advantages.

Having thus described :ny-invention,

ters'- Patent is v1. In e: device 4ofthe character described, .aplurality of suction cups having rearwardly projectin perforated bosses,a bolt passing through t: ie'peroratedbosses, a supportingclipvpositionccl .between said cups and -swin'enble on thebolt washersinter what y `I claim as new and' desire to secure by Letmediate theends' of said' clips andontlie- I bolt, a shield having itsv upper edgerigidi securedto seid clip, and means onthe bo t for locking the clip ina, plurality-ef diter- .en-t positions.

. 2.` I nfa. device of the 'chieraeter described, a plurality of suctioncupshavingrearbosses -n headed bolt passing through theA perfida# ltionsin the bosses, a. thumb` nut havingA threaded engagement with one end oithe bolt, thenut and head of the holt-being adapted' to engage thebosses, a eli p emhracf ma.y

ingthe bolt and' located between the having itslo osite edges clampedagainst the Sses when the threaded init is adj-usted, and a' transparentshield having its .upper edgesecured to said lclip and adapted to besupported with -tlie'clip in a plurality ofdii''erent s-t'ions by the adjinstinent of inc nut ou t ebolt.-

eno. E. mammie i Witnesses: f GHMKHICKB,

